SCRUTINY | Amplified Opera's 'The Queen In Me' Offers Woke Resistance
By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 14, 2019
In this hour-long musical monologue, Amplified Opera presents a mixed bag of opera ladies.
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By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 14, 2019
In this hour-long musical monologue, Amplified Opera presents a mixed bag of opera ladies.
(Continue reading)By Stephan Bonfield on October 12, 2019
Other opera companies had better start taking notes. Against The Grain's La Bohème redefines opera for a new generation.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on October 8, 2019
The dream of seven aspiring opera singers just got a little brighter at the 2019 Ensemble Studio Competition.
(Continue reading)By Hye Won Cecilia Lee on October 7, 2019
A new English text, creative staging, and overcoming other challenges of a national pub tour of La Bohème, including 11 days in Toronto’s Tranzac Bar, from AtG’s Joel Ivany and others.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on October 7, 2019
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of October 7 – 13.
(Continue reading)By Stephan Bonfield on September 30, 2019
It is with great sadness that we report on the death of the great American soprano Jessye Norman, September 30, 2019.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on September 30, 2019
Robert Wilson's 21st-century interpretation of Turandot at the Canadian Opera Company is intriguing to be sure, but is it still Puccini?
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on September 26, 2019
With a new Executive Director, a 10th anniversary national tour, and historic livestream in the works, it’s fair to say the gamble of founder and Artistic Director Joel Ivany is paying off.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on September 21, 2019
After a summer of slim pickings regarding opera in the GTA, the lyric season is once again upon us. As a starter, the COC is introducing its new edition of the Ensemble Studio in a noon hour concert at the opera house. In its nearly forty-year history, the Ensemble Studio has nurtured many a Canadian talent, with many going on to significant careers.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on August 28, 2019
“The COC recognizes that we, as a performing arts organization, are not an island," says Canadian Opera Company General Director, Alexander Neef, on the launch of the Digital Stage.
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